Laundry apparatus



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11113111113. LAUNDRY APPARATUS.

No. 597,602. Patented Jan. 18,1898.

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J. D. BUDD. LAUNDRY APPARATUS.

Patented Jan. 18,1898.

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UNITED STATES PATENT rEicE.

JAMES .DAVID BUDD, OF INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS.

LAU NDRY APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 597,602, dated January18, 1898.

Application filed March 26, 1896. fierial No. 584,954. (No model.)

To 6012 whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES DAVID Born, a citizen of the United States,residing at Independence, in the county of Montgomery and State ofKansas, have invented a new and useful Laundry Apparatus, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in laundry apparatus.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction oflaundry apparatus, more especially the manner of connecting the shieldof the Wringer to the wringerframe and to provide a shield which willboth support the wringer frame at the bottom thereof and serve toconnect the wringersprings with each other and to the frame to preventsuch springs from becoming accidentally displaced.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of a laundry apparatusconstructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View, thesection being taken through the Washing mechanism. Fig. 4 is a sectionalviewof the wringing mechanism. a Fig. dis a detail view illustrating theconstruction of the Wringer-springs. Fig. 6 is a detail viewillustrating the manner of connecting the springs With the Wringerframeby the shield.

Like numerals of reference designate co rresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

1 designates a supporting-frame compris ing a main section 2 and asliding section 3. The main section is composed of a pair of standardst, a pair of legs 5, and upper and lower horizontal side bars 6 and 7,connecting the legs and the standards and secured to them by transverserungs or bars 8, and the .ISO

latterhave reduced terminals passing through perforations of the sidebars and the legs or standards. The main section of the supporting-frameis supported at its outer end by knees 9, secured to the lower side barsand to the legs, and at the inner end of the main section are arrangedinclined braces 10, se-' cured to the upper side bars and to thestandards. The main section of the supportingframe provides a rigidsupport for a tub or any other suitable receptacle employed in Washing.

The sliding section of the supporting-frame is composed of side bars 11,a pair of legs 12,

secured to the outer ends of the side bars, and transverse rungs or bars13, connecting the side bars and the legs and preferably constructedsimilar to those of the main section.

The side bars 11 of the sliding section are arranged directly beneaththe upper side bars of the main section and are connected with the sameby substantially L-shaped plates or hangers 14, extending over the upperedges of the upper side bars of the main section and conforming to theconfiguration of the same and slidingly connecting the side bars 11therewith. When the sliding frame is folded or arranged Within the mainsection, it supports and strengthens the main section, and when extendedthe frame is adapted to receive a pair of tubs or receptacles and toafford a secure support for the same. The legs 12 of the sliding sectionare supported by inclined braces 15, secured to them and to the sidebars 11.

A rectangular lever-frame 16, composed of side bars and a transversehandle-bar 17, is pivoted to the upper ends of the standards 4: by atransverse wringer-shaft 18. bars of the lever-frame are pivoted atpoints intermediate of their ends, and they support a Washing mechanism19, to which they are secured. The washing mechanism comprises abearing-frame 20, ayieldingly-mounted corrugated roll 21, and a curvedbed arranged beneath the corrugated roll and composed of a series ofsmooth rolls $32. The bearingframe consists of a transverse base 23 andparallel sides 24, having bearing-openings to The side ing-frame, thewashing mechanism is placed within the tub with the bearing-frameresting against the sides thereof, and in order to render thebearing-frame readily adjustable to suit tubs of different diameters apair of tub-engaging bars 28 are provided. The tuben gaging bars 28 haveslightly-rounded outer terminals, are provided with longitudinal slots30, and are secured at the desired adjustment by set-screws 31, providedwith thumb nuts. The washing mechanism is adapted to be swung upwardabove the tub, and it is maintained in an elevated position,

as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings, by a hook 32,mounted on one of the standards and engaging an eye of the lever-frame.v

A wringer is mounted between the sides of the lever-frame at the upperends of the standards and comprises a pair of rubber rolls 33 and 3 1.The lower roll 34 is mounted on the shaft 18, and the upper roll 33 isarranged within a wringer-frame and is provided with journals,preferably consisting of a shaft extending entirely through the roll.The shaft 18 constitutes the journals of the lower roll, and the tworolls are connected by gear-wheels 35, mounted on the journals andmeshing with each other.

The wringer-frame consists of similar side bars 36, having parallelupper portions and depending outwardly-curved portions or arms securedto the inner faces of the standards 4:, and the upper ends of the sides36 are connected by a transverse rod 37, provided with an adj usting-nut38, adapted to draw the upper portions of the sides of the wringer-frametogether to increase the pressure on the rolls.

The journals of the upper roll are arranged in slots of the sides of thewringer-frame, and the said upper roll yieldingly engages the clothes,being forced downward by a pair of substantially U-shaped springs 39,extending outward from the journals of the wringerrolls and provided attheir terminals with curved portions receiving and engaging thejournals.

The wringer is provided with an inclined shield 40, consisting of aplate of sheet metal secured between the sides of the wringerframe tosuitable lugs thereof, and the shield is provided at its top with atransverse strip 41, which prevents water from flowing over the upperedge of the plate. The upper face of the transverse strip 41 is recessedto fit the lower sides of the U-shaped springs, and the latter aresupported by the shield, which is secured to them by fastening devicesthat pass through the lower sides of the springs, the strip 41, and thebody of the shield. By supporting the springs in this manner theircurved ends are prevented from becoming accidentally disengaged from thejournals of the rolls of the wringer. The lugs, to which the inclinedshield is rigidly secured, are arranged at the bottom .of thewringer-frame, and the inclined shield, which extends across the bottomof the inclined wringer-frame, serves as a bottom cross-piece and bracesand supports the wringer-frame. The shield is arranged directly betweenthe sides of the wi'inger-frame and extends slightly in front and inrear of them, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawings, andit stiffens the frame at the bottom.

The shaft 18 of the lower wringer-roll is extended beyond one side ofthe supportingframe and has a crank-handle 42 secured to it, and it alsoserves to support a soap-box 43.

It will be seen that the laundry apparatus is simple and comparativelyinexpensive in construction, that it enables clothes to be readily andrapidly operated on to wash them and also to expel water from them, andthat it forms a firm support for a pair of tubs or other receptacles. Itwill also be apparent that the wringing mechanism is located at anadvantageous point and that clothes may be readily passed from onereceptacle through the washing and wringing mechanisms without spillingwater upon a floor or other supporting-surface.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any ofthe advantages of this invention.

What I claim is- 1. The combination of a supporting-frame, awringer-frame comprising similar sides having depending outwardlycurvedarms secured to the supporting-frame, a transverse rod connecting theupper ends of the sides, and a nut at one end of the rod, rollsjournaled on the wringer-frame, horizontal lugs extending inward from'the sides of the wringer-frame and located below the rolls, thehorizontally-disposed 'U-shaped springs having curved ends engaging thejournals of the rolls, and the shield connecting the springs with eachother and with the wringerframe, rigidly secured to the horizontal lugsand provided at its upper edge with a strip attached to the springs,substantially as described.

2. The combination of a supporting-frame, rolls, a wringerframecomprising similar sides having the rolls journaled on them and providedwith depending outwardly-curved arms secured to the supporting frame, atransverse rod connecting the upper ends of the sides and provided atone end with a nut In testimony that I elaim the foregoing as wherebythe sides of the wringer-frame may my own I have hereto affixed mysignature in be drawn together to regulate the pressure on the presenceof two Witnesses.

the wringer-rolls, and the shield secured to JAMES DAVID BUDD. 5 thesides of the Wringen-fmme below the rolls Witnesses:

and forming the bottom of the said wringer- JAMES A. OTTO,

frame, substantially as described. J. O. PARKER.

